Pulau Tioman is a small island off the west coast of peninsular Malaysia. It's very small and fairly rustic. We took a quick (approx 1 hour) flight from Kuala Lumpur and landed on the lush jungle island. The jungle is so think, that to get anywhere on the island, you have to take a water taxi. We arrived at the airport, which was the smallest I've ever seen. One small runway (so small, only small planes are able to land there), and a small building for a terminal. The "terminal" is just a pavilion type structure (no inside!)
From the airport we hopped on a small boat (large backpacks and all) to Salang, the town/beach where we'll be staying. Salang is teeny tiny. It's also very campy (campy as in stay-away camp when you were a kid, not like drag queens romping along the shore). It was made even more sleepy because many places were closed for Hari Raya.
We made a few fast friends, a Japanese guy, some Dutch, the usual sort. The days just floated away ...
Though, mostly in Salang we dove! We dove! My first time and I made 4 dives. We saw hundreds of fish, tons of coral, a few quid, some large turtles. Angela and I made our best impressions of Scuba Steve, it was great!
Next stop ... Singapore
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